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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Matagalpa (Nicaragua)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
46
84
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
40
72
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
25
55
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
25
55
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
22
51
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
22
51
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
22
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
11
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Matagalpa
11 Genera with 11 Species
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Hypognatha Guérin, 1839
0SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18891SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 18891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Matagalpa
11 Species
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Eriophora fuliginea C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Metazygia incerta Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Micrathena brevipes Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena lucasi Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Pronous golfito Herbert Walt..., 1995Orb weavers
Wagneriana tauricornis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Matagalpa
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Araneidae at artfakta.se
Araneidae at biodiversity.org.au
Araneidae at dyntaxa.se
Araneidae at gbif.org
Araneidae at irmng.org
Araneidae at itis.gov